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"You said that Wang Rare has already led his troops to attack Jiyuan and Mengzhou?" Zhao Ziliang confirmed after listening to Wang Can's report.

Wang Can said: "Yes, Dashuai, the news has just come over, they broke through Mengzhou yesterday morning, Wang is rare to divide troops on the one hand to stare at the direction of Huaizhou, on the other hand, send 10,000 horses to the north bank of the Yellow River Fupingjin Ferry, now stationed in the south bank of the Yellow River Mengjin Port rebels are greatly frightened, according to our internal line from the line of the report, An Qingxu has ordered the rebel general to lead 5,000 troops to reinforce Mengjin Port, An Qingxu himself also took the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs to the direction of Bianzhou yesterday morning, ready to cross the river from Bianzhou to move the capital to Xiangzhou. Also・・・・・・"

"Oh?" Zhao Ziliang saw that Wang Can didn't finish his words, so he said: "If you have anything to say directly, you don't have to swallow and spit out!" ”

"Yes!" Wang Can paused and said, "In addition, news came from the inner line of our army from the direction of Luoyang that An Qingxu ordered the beheading of more than eighty captured generals such as Ge Shuhan before he left for Bianzhou!" ”

Hearing this news, Zhao Ziliang sat on the chair, Ge Shuhan still couldn't escape this fate in the end, Zhao Ziliang has always admired Ge Shuhan, and spared no effort to promote vigorously, not because Ge Shuhan pushed the Tang Dynasty's military force to the peak in the history of another time and space, but because Zhao Ziliang admired Ge Shuhan's character, bravery and military talent.

Ge Shuhan can fall into this fate, and he and Xuanzong are not unrelated, Ge Shuhan was originally at odds with An Lushan, the two often compete for favor in front of Xuanzong, after the outbreak of An Lushan's rebellion, Ge Shuhan was ordered to go on an expedition, it can be said that he became a mortal enemy with An Lushan, and at that time Xuanzong was bewitched by Yang Guozhong, and ordered Ge Shuhan, who was not in the first place, to go out to face the battle, this faint move made Ge Shuhan not only defeated, but also was captured by An Lushan.

Ge Shuhan didn't know for what reason, after being captured, he knelt down and surrendered to An Lushan, saying that he was willing to write to other Tang army generals to ask them to surrender, An Lushan agreed, but he didn't expect that none of the Tang army generals would take care of his surrender. Ge Shuhan's surrender to An Lushan and his voluntary letter to other Tang generals ruined the reputation he had accumulated over the years, and also left him an indelible stain in history.

Zhao Ziliang sat on it and stroked his forehead, and then asked for a long time: "From what I know about Ge Shuhan, he is not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, why did he wag his tail and beg for mercy to An Lushan after he was captured?" ”

Wang Can hugged his fists and said: "Dashuai, regarding this matter, our detailed work has been secretly investigated for a long time, and the influence of other external factors has basically been ruled out!" ”

Zhao Ziliang looked up at Wang Can and asked, "Do you mean that because after he was in a high position, he was greedy for power and pleasure, and his loyalty and courage had long since been exhausted, and he was greedy for life and afraid of death?" ”

Wang Can nodded and said, "Other than that, the last general can't think of any other reason!" His situation should be very similar to that of Gai Jiayun back then, when he was young, he fought bravely for fame, was not afraid of death, and when he was in a high position, he was old, and he was used to enjoying brocade clothes and food, so he was naturally afraid of death, afraid of losing the power and wealth that he had waited for, Ge Shuhan had not read many books, and he didn't know about die-hard loyalty and observance at all, and surrendering An Lushan was actually a very common thing! ”

Zhao Ziliang sighed and asked, "Where is Ge Shuyao, the son of Ge Shuhan, now?" ”

Wang Can said: "It is said that he served as Guangluqing in Chang'an!" ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said to Wang Can: "Send a fast horse to Chang'an to report this matter to the emperor, and at the same time tell Ge Shuyao, you tell him, I want to meet him, if he wants, come to Shaanxi County!" ”

"No!"

"Any other news?"

Wang Canyu reported: "There is another thing, the marshal's plan to divide has had an effect, An Qingxu decided to execute Tian Chenghe, and ordered Tian Chengsi to go to Bianzhou to see him. It is reported that Tian Chengsi had already set off for Bianzhou yesterday night, and Hangu Pass is now guarding to Runke! ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a long time, and shouted outside the door: "Come here, inform the military lords to discuss matters in the Marshal's Mansion in the future!" ”

The generals and colonels at all levels who received the order quickly rushed to the Marshal's Mansion, and Zhao Ziliang ordered to immediately march into Hangu Pass, and the Marshal's Mansion also moved to Xin'anyi, and the follow-up grain, grass, and heavy siege equipment were quickly transported.

On April 28, Zhao Ziliang's army set off to Hangu Pass, and arrived at Hangu Pass on the second day of the first month of May, at this time news came from the direction of Bianzhou, Tian Chengsi had been killed by An Qingxu, An Qingxu also retreated to Xiangzhou with the courtiers of Yan State and hundreds of thousands of troops, along the way many soldiers learned that the war was unfavorable, and the people's hearts began to disperse, and a large number of soldiers began to flee and disperse.

When the Tang army arrived at the city of Hangu Pass, after the camp was stationed and defended, Zhao Ziliang found Du Fu and asked him to write a letter of persuasion to Xiang Runke and the rebel generals of Hangu Pass stationed in Tongguan, and summoned some scribes to copy more.

Du Fu agreed, and soon wrote a letter of persuasion to Xiang Runke and the rebel generals of Hanguguan in the name of Zhao Ziliang, and hundreds of copies of the letter of surrender were copied.

In the early morning of the fifth day of the fifth month of the fifth month, Zhao Ziliang ordered Bai Xiaode to lead hundreds of archers to rush to the city of Hangu Pass, and shoot the letter of surrender to the city tower and city wall with arrows.

The rebel soldiers of Hanguguan who had not woken up early in the morning heard a large number of horses' hooves, and woke up from their sleep, and there was a great chaos on the city wall and the city entrance, thinking that the Tang army was going to attack the city, and the city wall was in chaos, and soon someone ran down the city wall to report to Runke.

A group of hundreds of cavalry of the Tang Army rushed out of the early morning mist and rushed to the city of Hangu Pass, and began to turn a stone's throw away, and shot a wave of arrows at the city wall and tower.

"Ah・・・・・・ I was shot in the arm"

"Rub, my thighs ・・・・・・"

After the Tang army's arrows flew up the city wall, many rebel soldiers let out a scream, apparently injured by the arrows, but the Tang cavalry quickly left, and the rebel soldiers also found letters on the arrows.

"What is this?" A rebel soldier pulled out an arrow from the gatepost at the entrance of the city and asked, looking at the white paper piercing the shaft.

Someone said, "Look, there's a word on it, probably an epistle!" ”

"There's that too!"

"It's like every arrow has a letter on it!"

Some of the rebels realized that the letter was not written to a single person, and that it was not addressed to a single person, so they immediately said: "Come and find a literate man!" ”

One of the scribes in the rebel army was pulled over, and the scribe looked at the three words on the envelope of the letter, and said to the rebel generals: "This is a letter of persuasion!" ”

"Persuasion?" The rebel generals looked at each other one by one, and at this time, no one dared to show anything easily, and they did not know whether there was any intention to surrender, so these generals did not dare to speak out for fear of being denounced.

However, in the end, there were still people who were a little bolder, and some of the rebel generals said loudly: "Read it, and listen to what Tang Jun says!" Maybe they're not ready to fight us? ”

The generals who were already beating drums in their hearts suddenly coaxed: "Yes, read a thought!" ”

The scribe was forced to open the letter and read it in front of everyone's eyes: "General Xiang Runke and the soldiers guarding Hangu Pass, An Lushan, An Qingxu, Yan Zhuang and others for personal selfishness and selfish interests, arbitrarily mobilized troops and provoked wars, and you were originally generals and soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty, but now they have become accomplices of An Lushan, An Qingxu and others. Hundreds of millions of people in Hebei, Hedong, Henan and Guanzhong have been ruined and ruined because of the rebellion, so that they have now suffered thousands of miles of red land, and the people have changed their children and eaten in a miserable state, and the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty has been completely destroyed by you, have you ever thought that your biological parents and relatives have also been brutalized by soldiers and wars in this chaos, and have also experienced the suffering brought by you and others? You are helping An Lushan, An Qingxu and others to kill their parents and relatives! Now the general trend of the rebels has gone, the hundreds of thousands of troops of our Tang army in the south are approaching Ruzhou under the leadership of Lu Jiong and others in Shannan Jiedu, and the king north of the Yellow River is rarely leading tens of thousands of troops to prepare to cross the river to attack Mengjin, and the hundreds of thousands of troops of our army in front of Hangu Pass are waiting for the day, An Qingxu knows that Luoyang is no longer defensible, and it is only a matter of time before the Tang army attacks Luoyang on three sides, so he has led the army and the main henchmen to withdraw to Xiangzhou, and the others are just abandoned sons, and they are now strictly guarded in Hangu Pass, do you want to accompany An Qingxu and his son to be buried? This marshal will give you a day to consider, before noon tomorrow to switch to surrender, this marshal can not pursue the responsibility of the others, willing to stay in the army to accept the reorganization and re-enlist, unwilling to stay in the army, can receive the coil back to the hometown, in the future is not allowed to rebel from the thief, otherwise there will be no mercy! For the meritorious people who surrendered, the marshal can be recommended to the imperial court, re-appointed official positions, take on heavy responsibilities, if blindly stubbornly resist to the end, and wait for the marshal to wave his troops to break through the Hangu Pass, he will kill a chicken and dog in the Hangu Pass! Even if you escape, if you are captured in the future, you will not be pardoned! ”

After the persuasion messenger finished reading, the rebel generals were all thinking about it, not only unwilling to continue to make mistakes from the thief, but also worried that the Tang army would write this letter to trick them into surrendering, and then settle accounts with them after surrendering.

The content of the letter of persuasion spread very quickly, almost a cup of tea spread all over the city wall, all the rebel generals, including many generals and colonels, their minds were alive, it was not that no one among them understood the current situation, the situation can be said to be extremely unfavorable to the rebels, and who among them was really loyal to An Lushan and An Qingxu?

At this time, Xiang Runke boarded the city tower, but the content of the persuasion letter had been leaked, Xiang Runke grabbed a letter of persuasion and read it, and after reading it, he looked at all the rebel soldiers on the city wall.

A lieutenant next to him came up and whispered to Xiang Runke: "General, the brothers all know the content of the persuasion letter, and now they can't hide it if they want to!" ”

Xiang Runke thought about it, then looked at the Tang army camp in the distance, and instructed one person next to him: "Go and pass the order, let the generals above the general level come to my room to discuss matters!" Let the soldiers and generals be stationed normally, and no one can act rashly without an order, otherwise they will be killed! ”

"Yes, General!"

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